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Sea Cliff Buckwheat
( Eriogonum parvifolium )
Eriogonum parvifolium
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About Sea Cliff Buckwheat (Eriogonum parvifolium)
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Eriogonum parvifolium
is a species in the Polygonaceae family that occurs on dune formations and sea cliffs in the coastal area of Central and Southern California. This evergreen shrub grows to a height of 30 to 100 centimeters with a spread of approximately the same dimension. This plant is an important host for a number of pollinating insects including certain endangered species. E. parvifolium occurs both on bluffs along the Pacific Ocean coast as well as Coastal Strand dunes formations, but is restricted to altitudes below 700 meters. In at least one instance within the Carbonera Creek watershed, it occurs farther inland in a Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forest. This shrub is also known by the common names Dune buckwheat, Coast buckwheat, Cliff buckwheat, or Seacliff buckwheat. The thick cauline leaves are five to thirty millimeters in size and may be lance-shaped to rounded. Alternatively leaves may be folded under, with the result of appearing more or less triangular; moreover they are smooth on the upper surfaces and woolly below. Foliage is green with reddish tinge, and the flowers white to pinkish or yellowish-green. The perianth measures 2.5 to 3.0 millimeters. This plant's smooth fruits are 2.5 to 3.0 millimeters across.
Sea Cliff Buckwheat is a great plant for coastal and seaside landscapes. It prefers full sun in its natural range, and does best in sandy soils, or on rocky slopes or cliffs. Easy, fast growing, very drought-tolerant and beautiful. It looks great hanging down over cliffs, slopes or walls, and is an important butterfly plant in the seaside and coastal plant communities.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
1 - 3.3 ft tall
2 - 3 ft wide
Form
Mounding, Spreading
Growth Rate
Moderate
Dormancy
Evergreen
Fragrance
Slight
Flower Color
Pink, Red, White, Yellow, Green
Flowering Season
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies, bees, other pollinators. Particularly important butterfly plant.
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 7
confirmed
, 37
likely
* )
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Strymon melinus
Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
Icaricia acmon
Square-spotted Blue
Euphilotes battoides
Euphilotes battoides
Dotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes
Euphilotes enoptes
Bernardino Blue
Euphilotes bernardino
Euphilotes bernardino
Buckwheat Borer Moth
Synanthedon polygoni
Synanthedon polygoni
Chionodes nanodella
Chionodes nanodella
Landscaping Information
Sun
Part Shade, Full Sun
Moisture
Very Low
Summer Irrigation
Max 1x / month once established
Nurseries
Carried by 52
Ease of Care
Very Easy
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to 0 - 10° F
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium
Soil Description
Sandy rocky soils, sandstone. Soil PH: 5 - 8
Common uses
Bank Stabilization, Groundcovers, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Companion Plants
Giant Coreopsis
,
Chalk Dudleya
, White Sage,
Coastal Agave
, White Coast
Ceanothus
,
California Buckwheat
, Seaside Fleabane,Coast Eriogonum
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Sunset Zones
?
5, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 21, 22, 23, 24*
Natural Setting
Site Type
Dunes and bluffs
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 9.6" - 45.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.16" - 0.76", Coldest Month: 41.0" - 56.7", Hottest Month: 58.0" - 77.4", Humidity: 0.47" - 25.87", Elevation: -217" - 4469"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Coast Buckwheat, Dune Buckwheat, Dune Eriogonum, Sea-cliff Buckwheat, Seacliff Buckwheat
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Eriogonum parvifolium
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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